Populated places in Safita District

Safita ( ''; , Sōpūte'') is a city in the Tartus Governorate, western Syria, located to the southeast of Tartus and to the northwest of Krak des Chevaliers. It is situated on the tops of three hills and the valleys between them, in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Safita had a population of 20,301 in the 2004 census. It has a religiously mixed population of mostly Greek Orthodox Christians and Alawites.

Sibbeh (, also spelled Sebbeh) is a small town in northwestern Syria, located northeast of Safita in the Tartus Governorate. It is situated atop two hills and the valley between them, in the Syrian coastal mountain range. Nearby localities Mashta al-Helu and al-Kafrun to the south, Duraykish to the west, Wadi al-Oyun to the northwest and Ayn al-Shams to the northeast.

human settlement

Al-Bariqiyah (, also spelled Barqieh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. It is situated between Safita to the west, Mashta al-Helu to the north and the Wadi al-Nasara area to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Bariqiyah had a population of 3,627 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict, which consists of eight localities with a total population of 7,336. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

Al-Kafrun (; also spelled Kafroun) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Safita District of the Tartous Governorate. It is situated in the an-Nusayriyah Mountains at above sea level. It is traditionally a summer resort for locals who want to escape the hot summer temperatures in the lowlands. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafroun had a population of 485 in the 2004 census.

Al-Sisiniyah (, also spelled Sisnyeh) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Safita to the north, al-Bariqiyah to the northeast, Habnamrah and Marmarita to the east, al-Zarah to the southeast, al-Tulay'i to the southwest, Buwaydet al-Suwayqat to the west and Beit al-Shaykh Yunes to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sisiniyah had a population of 2,667 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the al-Sisiniyah nahiyah ("sub-district") which con

village in Syria

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village in Syria

village in Syria

'''Al-Tulay'i (, also spelled Tli'i''') is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Buwaydet al-Suwayqat to the north, al-Sisiniyah and al-Mitras to the northeast, Arzuna to the south, Kafr Fo to the southwest and al-Safsafah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Sisiniyah had a population of 2,123 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

Al-Mitras (, also spelled Mtrass) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located southeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Marmarita and Zweitina to the east, al-Zarah to the southeast, al-Tulay'i to the southwest, al-Sisiniyah to the west and al-Bariqiyah to the north. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mitras had a population of 2,138 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

village in Tartus, Syria

village in Syria

village in Tartus, Syria